Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Richard, Jay, Nathan Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Selfies and Pei Pei for me, I think. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 23 Oct 2014, at 18:46, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Neela & I have just returned from our maiden trip to China, which kicked > > off in Hong Kong and ended in Beijing, following the tourist trail about > > which a friend of mine, who travels often on business across the length > and > > breadth of China, calls "Showcase China". In many ways I found China > > fascinating, and full of contradictions. The infrastructure is amazing, > but > > quite a bit seems wasteful - Chongqing, for example seems to have a > modern > > suspension bridge across the Yangtze every kilometre or two, and all the > > cities I visited had many unoccupied completed residential skyscrapers, > and > > plenty of half finished ones where no work was apparently going on. The > > cities are spotlessly clean, but the air pollution has to be seen to be > > believed - we did not see the moon and stars during the whole trip save > for > > the first night in Shanghai. Amazingly, there are no birds or even > insects > > visible in the cities at all - dead from the air pollution, I suppose. > In > > fact, I just saw two wild birds on the whole trip - which included four > > nights on a boat on the Yangtze! Again, the way the historical sites are > > preserved and protected, and the same time designed to be tourist > friendly, > > in places like Xi'an and Beijing, is just very well done. Local guides > > spoke surprisingly frankly to us about the pros and cons of life there, > and > > gave valuable glimpses of personal history to emphasize the points made, > > and were not scared of criticizing Mao, the wasteful infrastructure > > spending or laws like the "One Child Policy" either. Most were college > > graduates who had majored in "Tourism English"! > > > > Anyway, here are some pictures from Hong Kong and Shanghai. All > photographs > > with the Fuji X100S or Fuji XE-1 with either the 35mmf1.4 or the 56mm > f1.2 > > lens mounted: > > > > *Hong Kong* > > > > Occupy Central - the few days we were there, the students seem to have > gone > > home - the protests restarted the day after we left: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141008-034.jpg.html > > > > Bird Garden: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141008-079.jpg.html > > > > Conversation: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141008-572.jpg.html > > > > Shopkeeper: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141009-626.jpg.html > > > > *Shanghai* > > > > Pudong (Grain deliberate) a three vertical frame panorama: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141010-190.jpg.html > > > > The Bund at Night: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141010-165.jpg.html > > > > The Bund in Sunlight: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-716.jpg.html > > > > Cigarette Break: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-718.jpg.html > > > > Smartphones: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-721.jpg.html > > > > Selfies: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-743.jpg.html > > > > Eye Contact: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-875.jpg.html > > > > Pei Pei: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-797.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >